Floyd Mayweather to come out of retirement
The Hindu
Floyd Mayweather announces his return to professional boxing after retirement, starting with an exhibition fight against Mike Tyson this spring.
Floyd Mayweather is coming out of retirement and will return to professional boxing after his exhibition fight with Mike Tyson this spring, the 48-year-old announced Friday (February 20, 2026).
Former multi-weight world champion Mayweather retired from boxing in 2017, unbeaten in 50 bouts, though he has appeared in several exhibition fights since.
"I still have what it takes to set more records in the sport of boxing," Mr. Mayweather, said in a statement to AFP.
"From my upcoming Mike Tyson event to my next professional fight afterwards — no one will generate a bigger gate, have a larger global broadcast audience and generate more money with each event — then (sic) my events."
A first professional fight is tentatively scheduled for this summer, against an opponent to be announced.
Details will be revealed "in the coming weeks," said the statement.
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